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PostThu Nov 10, 2016 8:47 pm 
Another great one goes on.

"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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PostFri Nov 11, 2016 12:06 pm 
A tribute

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
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PostFri Nov 11, 2016 2:07 pm 
"The wilderness is gathering all its children back again." (from 'Last Year's Man' by Leonard Cohen).

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PostFri Nov 11, 2016 4:59 pm 
"Everybody knows that the boat is leaking. Everybody knows the captain lied. Everybody got this broken feeling like their father or their dog just died."

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PostFri Nov 11, 2016 5:31 pm 
He was a great performer and a marvelous poet.

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PostSat Nov 12, 2016 10:01 am 
Back in the mid 1970’s when I had a overseas job with lots of travel opportunities I somehow managed to end up at a party with a very international group of dirtbag ski bums at a resort in Switzerland. At some point during the evening Leonard Cohen music got played. I had never heard of him or his music. But I thought… whoa, who IS this guy, and how does he think up lyrics like that? I generally prefer silence to any sound (even music) but I enjoy thought provoking verse. In my opinion there are three lyricists that stand out. Cohen produces some with the most depth. James McMurty does an excellent job of capturing the heart and soul of hardscrabble life in west Texas. His lyrics are a bit rough around the edges but so is life in west Texas. Dylan, well what can you say about Dylan. How many artists are secure enough in their space to ignore a Nobel prize?

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PostSat Nov 12, 2016 10:22 am 
Driving through the forest listening to the radio yesterday on came Judy Collins covering one of his songs. I listened as I did the first time I heard Joan Baez. Collins has a nice voice and those lyrics, one's from a poet.

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PostTue Nov 15, 2016 1:45 pm 
HitTheTrail wrote:
James McMurty does an excellent job of capturing the heart and soul of hardscrabble life in west Texas. His lyrics are a bit rough around the edges but so is life in west Texas.
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PostSun Nov 27, 2016 4:53 pm 
Long ago I read an article about a meeting between Dylan and Cohen where they discussed their process when writing a song. Cohen would agonize over his lyrics and slowly craft his songs. Dylan caimed he wrote his songs as if he was transcribing a stream of thoughts. Two different methods, two of the best. He will be missed.

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